Today, Kathy Hawkins sent me an email to let me know about a website she setup with a list of child abuse prevention organizations that you coud donate to. It looks like a good collection of organizations that all doing some great work to help end the epidemic of abuse in the United States.
Just for the balance of showing it’s not just America that has fundamentalist pressure groups, The Guardian carried an article in its Saturday 23rd June paper regarding a UK pressure group that think Gay Marriage will lead to incest, a great way to trivialise child abuse in general even further than wasting two years on a…
Safer Internet Day: Do you know what your child is doing online? tags:CA MM Tech Sexual Abuse – Why You Don’t “Just Get Over It”, part 2 tags:CA ChildAbuse 10 Ways To Talk To Your Kids About Sexual Abuse tags:CA ChildAbuse Facebook Use Leads to Depression – Misleading Headline of the Day tags:CA Depression Tackling…
Children In Need (CiN) is the annual winter appeal of over 80 years’ standing. After every November appeal the final tally is redistributed to other charities “on the ground” to help children. The Sunday Express reported today that the charity’s trustees are facing pressure to increase the amount of money going to charities related to child abuse. It’s…
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This interview is a very interesting read to anyone who is interested in seeing child abuse as a public health problem and trying to find preventative solutions instead of simply reacting to abuse after the fact. This little tidbit, about public registries, in my mind, sums up exactly why the US approach has it all…
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